| Acronym | Meaning |
| VLT | Very Large Telescope |
| HEED | High Energy Electron Diffraction |
| PBDE | Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether |
| TMBP | Tin Mill Black Plate |
| LAMMS | Laser Micro Mass Spectrometry |
| MS | Molecular Spinor |
| MMI | Man-machine Interface |
| RELAX | Refrigerator Enhanced Laser Analyzer For Xenon |
| DERA | Defense Environmental Restoration Act |
| COIL | Chem. Oxygen-iodine Laser |